# Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Field hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from 5 to 14 April. The hockey competition was held at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre. This is the sixth time that the hockey competition was held, following the sport's debut at the 1998 Games.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the hockey competitions:
| P | Pool stage | CM | Classification matches | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | G | Gold medal match |
| Event↓/Date → | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Wed 11 | Thu 12 | Thu 12 | Fri 13 | Fri 13 | Sat 14 | Sat 14 |
| Men | P | P | P | P | | P | P | | | CM | ½ | B | G |
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | CM | ½ | CM | CM | B | G |

## Qualification

A total of ten men's and women's team qualified to compete at the games. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (18 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 36 athletes. The host nation (Australia) along with the top nine ranked nations in the FIH World Rankings as of 31 October 2017, qualified for the games.

### Men's qualification

| Event | Date | Teams | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | 1 | Australia |
| FIH World Rankings | 31 October 2017 | 9 | India England New Zealand Canada Malaysia Pakistan South Africa Scotland Wales |
| Total | | 10 | |

### Women's qualification

| Event | Date | Teams | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | 1 | Australia |
| FIH World Rankings | 31 October 2017 | 9 | England New Zealand India South Africa Scotland Canada Malaysia Wales Ghana |
| Total | | 10 | |

## Men's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

### Group stage

Teams were divided into two groups of five nations, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top two teams per group qualified for the semi-finals.

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 12 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Scotland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | 7th–8th place match |
| 5 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | 9th–10th place match |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 7 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7th–8th place match |
| 5 | Wales | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 1 | 9th–10th place match |

### Medal round
## Women's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

### Group stage

Teams were divided into two groups of five nations, playing every team in their group once. Three points were awarded for a victory, one for a draw. The top two teams per group qualified for the semi-finals.

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | 7th–8th place match |
| 5 | Wales | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | 9th–10th place match |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 8 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Scotland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | 7th–8th place match |
| 5 | Ghana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 0 | 9th–10th place match |

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 12 April 2018 | 12 April 2018 |
| England | 0 (1) |
| England | 0 (1) | 14 April 2018 | 14 April 2018 |
| New Zealand (p.s.o) | 0 (2) | 14 April 2018 | 14 April 2018 |
| New Zealand (p.s.o) | 0 (2) | New Zealand | 4 |
| 12 April 2018 | 12 April 2018 | | New Zealand | 4 |
| 12 April 2018 | 12 April 2018 | Australia | 1 |
| Australia | 1 | Australia | 1 |
| India | 0 | | |
| India | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 14 April 2018 | 14 April 2018 |
| | | England | 6 |
| | | India | 0 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | England | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Australia (AUS) Lachlan Sharp Tom Craig Jake Harvie Tom Wickham Matthew Dawson Jeremy Edwards Mark Knowles Eddie Ockenden Jacob Whetton Aaron Kleinschmidt Aran Zalewski Flynn Ogilvie Daniel Beale Tyler Lovell Trent Mitton Dylan Wotherspoon Andrew Charter Jeremy Hayward | New Zealand (NZL) Cory Bennett Dane Lett Harry Miskimmin Nick Ross Richard Joyce Marcus Child Jared Panchia Aidan Sarikaya Nic Woods Devon Manchester Kane Russell Arun Panchia Shea McAleese Stephen Jenness Dominic Newman Hugo Inglis George Muir Hayden Phillips | England (ENG) George Pinner Harry Gibson Ollie Willars Henry Weir Harry Martin Chris Griffiths Ian Sloan Sam Ward Mark Gleghorne Phil Roper Adam Dixon Barry Middleton Brendan Creed David Goodfield Liam Ansell David Condon James Gall Liam Sanford |
| Women details | New Zealand (NZL) Tarryn Davey Sam Harrison Olivia Merry Frances Davies Amy Robinson Sally Rutherford Brooke Neal Ella Gunson Sam Charlton Grace O'Hanlon Liz Thompson Rose Keddell Kelsey Smith Pippa Hayward Shiloh Gloyn Madison Doar Stacey Michelsen Anita McLaren | Australia (AUS) Gabrielle Nance Brooke Peris Emily Hurtz Jodie Kenny Karri McMahon Edwina Bone Stephanie Kershaw Kaitlin Nobbs Jordyn Holzberger Jane Claxton Jocelyn Bartram Renee Taylor Madi Ratcliffe Ashlea Fey Emily Smith Rachael Lynch Grace Stewart Savannah Fitzpatrick | England (ENG) Maddie Hinch Kathryn Lane Laura Unsworth Sarah Haycroft Anna Toman Hannah Martin Susannah Townsend Suzy Petty Ellie Rayer Alex Danson Emily Defroand Giselle Ansley Sophie Bray Hollie Pearne-Webb Ellie Watton Amy Tennant Jo Hunter Grace Balsdon |

## Participating nations

There are 11 participating nations at the hockey competitions with a total of 360 athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Australia (36)
* Canada (36)
* England (36)
* Ghana (18)
* India (36)
* Malaysia (36)
* New Zealand (36)
* Pakistan (18)
* Scotland (36)
* South Africa (36)
* Wales (36)